Cheap Dodge Charger Repairs

[KS2025]

Hi

Does anyone recommend a cheap but good mechanic for car parts change and repair?

My Charger 2015 is out of warranty and Dodge quoted the following

[Frederic]

15 hours ago, KS2025 said:

Hi

Does anyone recommend a cheap but good mechanic for car parts change and repair?

My Charger 2015 is out of warranty and Dodge quoted the following

Hi @KS2025

It is extremely difficult to recommend shops. What i am happy with is not necessarily what you are happy with.

Your first point of "a cheap but good mechanic" is already a red flag for me. If you want to get something good, it will never be really cheap!

Having said that, what Dodge seems to quote is indeed very steep.

I would first recommend having a sit down with them to understand how for example a heater core hose ends up costing 3,170AED. Surely the hose itself can be maybe only 250AED for both total, so does this mean they charge almost 3000 on labor?

Similar story for the other two items. Ask them the cost breakdown of the parts vs labor. Dodge is using Mopar parts if i remember correctly that should be widely available.

We all know that an official dealer is charging more than independent shops, but it should be still acceptable, and they should have the common sense to guide the customer with some more detailed information instead of pushing this quote in your throat.

 

[Gaurav]

And once you do what Fredy mentioned, you will have enough clarity to buy parts from Dodge and then googling the best (def not cheap) Dodge workshop with tons of Google reviews or solid recommendations and ask them to replace those parts.

However, in some cars heater core is buried deep inside the engine bay next to the firewall, so replacing it would be a tedious job and hence, outside independent Dodge specialists also cost more, but I am sure it will be a lot less than Trading Enterprises.